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Airport month · December 2023
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in December 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 8,440 domestic departures from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL). 67.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.4% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so FLL departures were 15.9 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at FLL that month were on time 72.0% of the time (8,460 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 71.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.8%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.4%
December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2023 | Year earlier | FLL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 67.2% | — | 68.4% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 71.4% | — | 68.9% | 83.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | — | 2.4% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 21.4 min | — | 22.1 min | 11.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 281 | — | 248 | 19,013 |
| Scheduled departures | 8,440 | — | 90,381 | 570,394 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NK Spirit Airlines | 2,186 | 26% | 59.6% | 20.3 min | 0.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 1,688 | 20% | 67.2% | 14.1 min | 0.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,364 | 16% | 71.6% | 9.4 min | 0.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,114 | 13% | 86.9% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 831 | 10% | 89.3% | -6.1 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 589 | 7% | 82.7% | 4.9 min | 0.2% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 297 | 4% | 61.6% | 36.1 min | 1.7% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 178 | 2% | 65.2% | 10.2 min | 2.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 161 | 2% | 56.5% | 26.7 min | 2.5% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 32 | 0% | 78.1% | 10.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLL–ATL | Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta | 730 | 73.6% | 9.1 min | 0.0% |
| FLL–EWR | Fort Lauderdale to Newark | 540 | 75.9% | 3.6 min | 0.7% |
| FLL–LGA | Fort Lauderdale to New York | 415 | 77.6% | 6.5 min | 0.0% |
| FLL–BWI | Fort Lauderdale to Baltimore | 362 | 72.7% | 5.8 min | 1.7% |
| FLL–JFK | Fort Lauderdale to New York | 357 | 73.9% | 11.6 min | 0.0% |
| FLL–CLT | Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte | 317 | 77.9% | 5.5 min | 0.3% |
| FLL–ORD | Fort Lauderdale to Chicago | 304 | 75.3% | 5.4 min | 0.0% |
| FLL–BOS | Fort Lauderdale to Boston | 269 | 61.0% | 22.9 min | 1.9% |
| FLL–DFW | Fort Lauderdale to Dallas/Fort Worth | 236 | 69.9% | 17.6 min | 0.4% |
| FLL–DTW | Fort Lauderdale to Detroit | 234 | 90.2% | -2.6 min | 0.0% |
| FLL–IAH | Fort Lauderdale to Houston | 232 | 71.1% | 11.0 min | 0.0% |
| FLL–DCA | Fort Lauderdale to Washington | 229 | 75.1% | 10.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left FLL on time in December 2023?
67.2% of 8,440 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
December 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for FLL · methodology · corrections.